When's it Coming?

[Douglas Laycock]

Of course this is right. It would be astonishing if they expedited it. The
principal question about timing is whether petitions for rehearing and the
like delay the cert petitions long enough that the case doesn't make next
spring's argument calendar and goes over to next term, which would mean a
decision in spring 2013. 

I suppose one other question is whether they can wait for the last case. Can
they deny the Sixth and Eleventh because the know the Fourth is still
coming? My guess is no, in part because something could conceivably go
squirrelly with the Fourth Circuit case -- although it's hard to see how --
and in part because the law would be invalid in the Eleventh Circuit in the
meantime.

Douglas Laycock
Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Virginia Law School
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Charlottesville, VA  22903
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Why would they take this case on an expedited basis?   What are the
arguments that would push this case ahead of the ordinary schedule?   The
Court is at its worst when it works hurriedly and I don't see why this case
wouldn't follow normal scheduling which would mean if granted, it is a
spring argument, decided by the end of June.

Marci


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